1 America – a country that has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization. John O'Hara and he was an American.
2 America has progressed from barbarism to decadence without the intervening stage of civilization. GeorgeBernard Shaw
3 America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilisation in between. Oscar Wilde.
Numerous other people have been credited with expressing that sentiment or something similar including Henry James, another American. However, in all probability the phrase originates with Georges Clemenceau when he was President of France.

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A country founded on pure principals
that are not always true
but mostly are
A country containing many different
but alike
A country of greed
and charity
A country of technology
A country of tools
A country of fools
A country of millions
with debt in the billions
A BullyA Friend
A country with a hand to Lend
And a country that needs to Mend
A country that is broken?
A country that needs to be woken?
Loved
Hated
Revered
Despised
Home of the Brave
Land of the Free

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A country with several pros and cons, often bashed by pseudo-intellectual teenagers on urbandictionary.com not realizing that urbandictionary is American. While the usa certainly has many flaws and shortcomings, presenting the country in black and white (eg:fatstupid lazy, etc) is nothing more than the ravings of dumbass teenager. The truth is that all countries have there upsides and downsides however being the most influential often means being the most bashed. It's funny how idiots claim that Americans stereotype when they themselves stereotype Americans.

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The United States of America. I just wanted to say, we're not arrogant. There is no other place on Earth called America. There is a North America, a South America, and, depending on where you're from, a Central America, but no continent called America. And if the United States of Mexico can call themselves Mexico, why can't we call ourselves America?

I'm sorry if your country has been insulted by an ignorant American. Not all of us are like that.

Not all of us hate immigrants. Actually, we're all immigrants, or descended from immigrants, except for the American Indians.
I hope that someday we will be able to get along better with other countries.
I also hope that someday our government will cease to be corrupt trash.
To those U.S. citizens who hate their country, maybe instead of complaining, you could do something to help this country become a better place.

If I sound kind of bitchy, sorry, but what I had originally typed had too many characters, so I had to make it brief.

Love your neighbors, no matter how far away they are, and you will be loved in return.
God bless America and all the other countries.